Ben Cheung

TECH DECK LEGACY DESCRIPTION

Tech Deck Legacy is a legacy genre game where players play an Olympiad of five games selected from the family of 17 Tech Deck games. Each game in the series has unique game play and outcomes that affect subsequent games. Each Tech Deck game has variations from the original rules for enhanced play. Tech Deck Legacy introduces fun and interesting variants of each of the 17 Tech Deck games, breathing new life into their original designs.
Players either select five games from the Tech Deck family of games, or randomly determine five games. Additionally, outcomes from one game in the series induces effects that alter play in subsequent games.

LEGACY GENRE GAME - A legacy game is a tabletop game designed to be played over a series of sessions and by various mechanics deliver an evolving game play experience. Game designer Rob Daviau pitched the idea of a Clue legacy game to Hasbro. While it was rejected, Daviau later used the mechanic in a new version of Risk. Risk Legacy debuted in 2011. Daviau followed up with, Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, which was released in 2015. Legacy games are designed to be played over the course of a campaign, usually with the same players, and permanently change over time. They have been compared to tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. New rules can be introduced as the campaign goes on, allowing for the game to expand both mechanically and thematically. There have been many Legacy games designed including Risk Legacy (2011), Pandemic Legacy (2015), SeaFall (2016), Gloomhaven (2017), First Martians (2017), Charterstone (2017), Centauri Saga (2018), Ultimate Werewolf Legacy (2018) and Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated (2019)

TECH DECK LEGACY GAME SETUP

DETERMINE SEQUENCE - The Players either collectively decide or randomly determine which five games will form the sequence of Tech Deck games to be played. Use the following table to help players select the games for the Olympiad. The table shows the genres, categories, play time and player count of each of the Tech Deck games.

SETUP TECH DECK OF GAME 1 - Follow the instructions for setting up the first Tech Deck Game. You can find the Tech Deck rules at my website http://cheung.interzone.com/PAGEDIR/pgmygames.html and videos of how to play them at my Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@MagicBenTD/
SPECIAL RULES - Consult the table of Tech Deck games, and read the special rules associated with the one you have chosen. If you see the symbol in the variant rules, it indicates there is something to do while setting up the game.
SETUP TEAMS - Some Tech Deck games support only 2 player-play (Tech Chess, Cyber Defense). Thus, if playing with more than 2 players forms two teams either randomly or by recruiting players into teams.

TECH DECK LEGACY GAME PLAY OVERVIEW

Tech Deck Legacy is an Olympiad played in a series of five different Tech Deck games. The Players either collectively decide or randomly determine which five games will form the sequence of Tech Deck games to be played.

GAME PLAY

Tech Deck Legacy is played in a series of five Tech Deck Games with the following rules for gameplay:
SPECIAL RULES - Look at the table of games below, and use the special rules associated with the games in the Tech Deck legacy series.

SEQUENCE REWARDS - Some of the games have rewards for winning/losing the game that apply to the next game in the sequence of games.
SCORING AND WINNING - Some Tech Deck games support multiple players. Some games are designed to be head-to-head (Tech Chess, Cyber Defense) requiring players to form teams if playing with more than two players. For cooperative games (Peer-to-Peer, Host a Heist), if all players win it counts as a victory for all the players. When forming teams for the next game, pair the leading player(s) with the player(s) lagging behind the most.
GAME END - Tech Deck Legacy ends after the fifth Tech Deck game played. The winning player or team is the one who scored the best over the course of five games.

END OF GAME

GAME END - Tech Deck Legacy ends after the fifth Tech Deck game completed.
SCORING AND WINNING - Some Tech Deck games support multiple players. Some games are designed to be head-to-head (Tech Chess, Cyber Defense) requiring players to form teams if playing with more than two players. For cooperative games (Peer-to-Peer, Host a Heist), if all players win it counts as a victory for all the players. When forming teams for the next game, pair the leading player(s) with the player(s) lagging behind the most. The player who has won the most games over the series of games played wins the game. In the case of a tie, the victory is shared.

GAME EXAMPLE - TECH DECK LEGACY TECH CHESS

Suppose Tech Chess is one of the games selected for the Legacy Series of games. In the Legacy variant, Falcon-Hunter chess is a variant of Chess that it used which introduces a Falcon and Hunter piece into the game. The setup of the game includes these new pieces in their second rank.

DOWNLOAD THE RULES

Tech Deck Legacy Rules: Tech Deck Legacy Rules

TECH DECK LEGACY INTRODUCTION VIDEO

Click below to watch a introduction video for Tech Deck Legacy. The introduction video describes the basic concepts, objectives and an introduction to the Tech Deck.

TECH DECK LEGACY PLAY GUIDE VIDEO

Watch a play guide video for Tech Deck Legacy. The play guide video is an in depth video on how to setup the game, and all the steps involved in playing the game.

ENTRY ON BOARD GAME GEEK

You can read and explore the BoardGameGeek entry for Tech Deck Legacy.

PUBLICATION INFORMATION
· Published: August 11, 2024
· Format: Card Game
· Elements: 54 Cards
· Size: 3.75" x 2.8751" x .875"

ORDERING TECH DECK LEGACY
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